Bilge Ebiri

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  • Oct 3, 2025
    The last five films Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in have all been Oscar-nominated for Best Picture, and it seems fairly certain that Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After...
  • Jun 20, 2025
    At the heart of Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later stands an eerie monument, a slender tower of skulls serving as a memorial to the dead. It’s a grim sight, surrounded by trees...
  • May 19, 2025
    “The boy was murdered, I think, by the people who were meant to love him.” Wes Anderson is talking about a surreal moment that occurs early in his latest film, The...
  • Apr 8, 2025
    Michael Mann’s Thief received mixed reviews and only modest box-office success when it opened in 1981, but it has since become acknowledged as a classic. This is...
  • Feb 4, 2025
    “There were once passageways to the old world,” a voiceover intones at the beginning of Train Dreams. “You’d turn a corner and find yourself faced with a...
  • Jan 17, 2025
    This review was originally published on January 26, 2024 out of the Sundance Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to A Real Pain’s streaming debut on Hulu. A...